Egged Ignores Its Own Conclusions In Mea Shearim

Over a year ago Egged rerouted all bus lines that went through mea Shearim, because the buses were being attacked, there was too much damage, and they could not guarantee the safety of their passengers. They recently tried to restore the bus lines to route them through Mea Shearim, yet as soon as they began to drive through the local residents (a group of them) attacked the bus. Egged immediately canceled the route change. And that was a bus line that was primarily for the Orthodox passengers.

According to this report, because of the roadworks and the city's decision to close Jaffa Road to automobiles, many bus lines are being rerouted and are driving through Mea Shearim. I am not sure what Egged was thinking when they decided to do this. If they could not successfully drive a bus with religious passengers through Mea Shearim, did they really think they would be able to drive hundreds and thousands of secular passengers through? Do they not think before they make such plans?

I guess not, because they started to reroute buses through mea Shearim, and they upset the locals. Even the residents who did not throw rocks at the original bus lines got upset over this. The Eida arranged a protest against Egged due to the pritzus they were bringing through the neighborhood. The hafgana quickly deteriorated and people started blocking buses physically from driving through. Egged stopped the bus routes and decided to make alternate plans, before it got out of hand.